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What happens when the sexually liberated, university educated, daughter of a fundamentalist Moslem couple living in the U.S. strays too far from the family's strict moral code? Cumcision, which is edured by up to 130 million female children and teenagers each year and supposedly, ensures a woman's chastity by excising her genitalia. In Sahira's case, the acient remedy against carnal desires has an unexpected result which throws an entire faily into turmoil. A heart wrenching dramatic portrayal of cultural family conflict.
REVIEWS: Sahira's Middle Eastern born father still believes in the age-old rite of female cirVarun Khanna's potent, unflinching American indie " Beyond Honor" is sure to provoke strong and varying responses for its bold depiction of forced female genital mutilation of a daughter.- Variety
Khanna addresses the volatile issue of women's rights within Islamic households, and if his sensationalistic debut feature makes its point with a heavy hand, it's also starkly provocative. - TV Guide's Movie Guide
This portrait of immigration and assimilation quietly sets the stage for what may be one of the most controversial movies of the year.
- Los Angeles Times Entertainment
CVD 0179 / UPC 812687-010179 / DRAMA / 2005 / 101 min. / NR /SRP 17.99
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